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Conference: Save wildlife

The Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands is pleased to announce that it will host an international conference on wildlife crime from 1 to 3 March 2016. The event will take place at the Grand...

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NASA Space Apps Challenge at Noordwijk

The International Space Apps Challenge is a two-day hackathon where teams of technologists, scientists, designers, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, developers and students across the globe...

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8 Uur Overwerken

Work deep into the night. With people you have met for the first time. On a global challenge you just heard about. And eight hours to find a creative solution. Or visit one of the special (and free)...

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Tegenlicht Meetup Den Haag: de Slimme Universiteit

Higher education is under pressure. What does a truly future proof education look like? Is it still necessary to take a course of a professor? And what do you learn in Future Planet Studies? The buzz...

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BID DOEdag

On Tuesday, March 15th, the main stakeholders of the BID think tank come together to work on practical solutions and inspiring best practices in the areas of talent and employment. In cooperation with,...

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Why startups and corporates should partner

Partnerships are just one potential way for a companies to achieve value. Corporates have the distribution, the customers and the brand, and startups need that. But there is a serious warning to...

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Minor Entrepreneurship for Society, the aftermath

On January 27th 2016, the students from the minor Entrepreneurship for Society presented their start-ups in Theater aan ‘t Spui, The Hague. This entrepreneurship education program is initiated by the...

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Let’s co-create Impact Startup Fest The Hague!

Startup Fest Europe is a week Netherlands nationwide Festival that helps startups grow. By bringing together founders, investors, designers, business leaders and developers around specific themes....

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Global Parliament of Mayors Project

The Global Parliament of Mayors is an unprecedented new experiment in democratic global governance platform by, for, and of cities. Mayors from cities large and small, North and South, developed and...

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Innovating Human Rights

How can we ensure that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is better observed? Come and join this HagueTalks with Navi Pillay, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Should we consider...

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Rooftop Farm Opening Party

Your rooftop farm is ready!!  UrbanFarmers have built an epic urban farm in the heart of The Hague, where they produce ultra fresh and ultra local fish and vegetables in our sustainable aquaponic...

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The big important open data responsibility we have

The knowledge institution Peace Informatics Lab (PIL) highlighted that The Hague came out as the place where all the open data stakeholders come together and where the Open Data Revolution takes place....

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Calling all young

The Kairos Society brings together young entrepreneurs who are solving significant problems with corporations, influencers, and strategic investors. The Kairos Society believes there has never been a...

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Indy Johar, from Co-working to Co-Creating Society

Indy Johar is an architect, co-founder of 00 (project00.cc) and a Senior Innovation Associate with the Young Foundation. He is the co-founder of Dark Matter Laboratories. One of our many speakers at...

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Willemijn Verloop accelerates Impact: State of the Social Enterprise sector

Willemijn Verloop is co-founder and CEO of Social Enterprise NL, the organization enabling exponential growth for social entrepreneurship in the Netherlands. Next to that she is the founder and partner...

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Crowdsourcing for good: Meet Hans from platform developer BlackShore

In this series we interview impact startups that will pitch their story on the pitch stage at Impact Startup Fest on May 26. Want to hear their story live? Register now! Startup name: Blackshore...

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Karbe; developer of environment friendly car technology

In this series we interview impact startups pitching at the pitch stage of the Impact Startup Fest. Karbe is one of them! Want to hear their story live? Register now! Startup Name: Karbe Develops:...

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Security Research & Innovation Event 2016

After the Nuclear Security Summit and the Global Conference on CyberSpace, the Netherlands (The Hague) will host yet another international security conference on June 1-2. During these days HSD,...

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iMPACT Booster: Demo Day

iMPACT Booster invites investors to join the iMPACT Booster Demo Day and is proud to present the companies. 275 entrepreneurs applied from 24 countries, and only 9 where selected. Throughout an intense...

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De Asielzoekmachine: Slotbijeenkomst

During the ‘Slotbijeenkomst’ in The Hague on June 20, World Refugee Day, de Asielzoekmachine presents the best ideas that are collected in the previous 10 weeks. Ranging from radical new policy to...

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